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I have two Rubicons with the Alpine system. On both vehicles, the front speakers rattled straight off the show room floor. For a good test, I recommend ZZ Top’s My Head’s in Mississippi and Fleetwood Mac’s World Turning which will over stress just about any speakers. The point is to locate the...

Bestop is the best. Now if they could only make a JL style bracket to put the JT top DOWN instead of the silly Man Bun sticking up in the air.

Yes that’s helpful but I still need to stop and put it up before entering underground parking or my garage. If would only go BACK behind the roll bar like the JL/JLU.

I find the biggest difference below 45 or 50 mph. The stereo seems to sound better too. At highway speeds, none of them are really quiet.

I have all three (sort of). My wife’s JLU Rubicon has a painted hard top. Loud like sitting under a drum. A Sunrider actually made it quieter. Got my son a Standard soft top. I have the Premium and the difference is enough to where I’m ordering the Premium for him as well. I love mine but it...

I currently have both an Ecodiesel and a Pentastar. I also have a 2.0 E Torque turbo in a JLU Rubicon. The Pentastar is unacceptably gutless in western mountains but it has proven to be the most reliable. The published towing numbers for the Pentastar are ridiculous unless you’re ok with...

Yup. My son’s JL soft top did the same thing. Outside over night in significantly sub zero and turning on the defroster cost a new windshield.

I’m sorry. It’s been sold

Same here. For two and a half years I’ve tried to take my son to and from college in my JTD. He’s usually following me in his Pentastar JL for safety. The JTD has NEVER actually completed the trip without going into limp mode for one reason or another. Regarding the turbo, it over heated and...

Didn’t mean to offend. I just don’t see the need for more than one battery and such a wonky procedure to replace it/them. I’m a Jeep fan with currently an Ecodiesel, Pentastar, and an ETorque. I was just expecting the Ecodiesel to actually keep running once leaving town. I guess I was asking...

There’s an elephant in the room no one seems to really talk about. What the hell has happened with the complexity of all these vehicles. Why? They don’t run any better. They don’t do anymore. They actually do less as the reliability is more likely to leave you stranded and surprised. During...

Hello Mr. Wonka, (cool name!) The top came as delivered. I removed it at the dealership to install the soft top.(bumpers, winch, wheels, tires: busy day) and I put it in a hangar at Salt Lake International. I did the painted top for my wife and it did come with the storage bags. This...

Glad I got the diesel when I did. Definitely keeping it. Utah has hills that make the Pentastar scream in pain.

For what it’s worth, I have all three offerings prior to the 392. Unfortunately, the Pentastar isn’t going to tow much, no matter what, unless you live near sea level with no Hills. I I have an eco-diesel that needs no gearing at all, with 35”s, it climbs mountains in Utah all day, pulling 4500...

First of all, I need to chime in that there is no “ novelty” in driving the diesel. The torque is what it is. I want a gladiator. My wife needs to pull a horse trailer. The diesel is the only option. It will be heartbreaking to see some puny electric hybrid thing out there that can’t pull...

Looks like new motivation to hang on to the existing ones.

I love my JTD but every year, taking my son back to college in Missoula, Montana, things go smoothly until we are in the most dangerously remote area and something major blows, and we end up in limp mode. Last year, the turbo charger blew and we had to abandon it in Butte, Montana for a month...

Doubt you are interested and you are a long ways away. I have an unused, unpainted hardtop for under $1000. I had an unused Rubicon bumper and gave it away, because there was no interest.

Bestop quality is great and I’m glad the Gladiator is still on their radar but what I really want (and I want it from them) is a bracket that allows the Man Bun to lower down DOWN! behind the cab. I have a JL soft top as well and, side by side, I can’t understand, or get an answer, as to why the...